Chapter 2 "Harry" yelled Hermione, running over to him to give a big, friendly hug. He had just arrived with Mr. Weasley from the Dursely's. Harry was slightly shocked at the sudden embrace but got over it fairly quickly. Hermione was not the only person trying to say hello to him. As soon as Hermione let go of him, Mrs. Weasley had grabbed Harry giving him a massive hug as well.

"Hi Harry" said Ginny shyly as soon as Mrs. Weasley let go of him.

"Hello Ginny." He responded looking at her. He started to make his way over to where Ron was standing.

"Hey, how are you?" he asked him.

"Yeah all right. How 'bout you?" Ron asked a bit concerned. Harry always had a dreadful holiday at the Dursely's.

"Yeah it's been okay."

"Why don't you come and drop your bags of at my room?"

"Yeah, OK." Harry was about to follow Ron to his room when he remembered something. "Thankyou for picking me up Mr. Weasley". He was grateful that Mr. Weasley had gone to the trouble of picking him up using muggle transport, knowing that was annoying for a wizard to do so. With that he made his way to Ron's room.

Having been at The Burrow so many times before he knew his way around. When he walked in, Hermione and Ron were already there. Placing his bags on the floor, he walked over to the edge of the bed and sat down.

"So, what's been going on with the order?" he asked.

Hermione knew Harry would want to know so she wasn't surprised at his directness. "Well, nothing much at the moment. Most of the order are staying at headquarters." She had said the last sentence carefully because even though it had been over a year she knew Harry still got upset when they mentioned anything to do with Sirius.

Harry decided to change the subject instead of getting upset. "What about your brothers?" directing the question at Ron.

"Well, they sleep here when they're here which is hardly ever. They go away on business trips" he said business trip with a sarcastic tone. Looking at Harry's confused face, he answered," Well, whoever is in the order have to keep doing favours for Dumbledore so Bill, Charlie, Percy and dad are hardly ever here."

"How about Fred and George?"

"Dumbledore has them on a special assignment. We don't know the details but they do get to stay here and work at the shop. It's been a great success. They are hardly ever home before dinner now because they say they are getting ready for the big sale when everyone goes to buy their stuff for school."

"So I take it the shop's a success".

Just as Harry finished saying this Hermione nudged Ron and whispered something to him. Ron suddenly looked uncomfortable and Hermione began to talk in a nervous way. "Um, Harry, Ron and I have something we want to tell you. Don't take this personally or like we are trying to boast cause I think you would have been great at it and everything but Dumbledore probably has his reasons and everything..."

Harry impatiently said, "Spit it out."

"Well Ron and I got Head Boy and Head Girl." She looked at him worriedly.

"Hey, that's great news guys!" Harry truthfully thought this was great news and just hoped he wouldn't get left out. Although he found that Ron was a bit of a surprise he knew Hermione deserved it.

"You mean you aren't mad or anything?" asked Ron relieved.

"No, why would I be? I am really happy for both of you. It means we will be able to get away with heaps more having my two best friends be Head Boy and Girl. Oh, yeah I have some good news too. I got captain for gryffindor quidditch team."

"That's fantastic! It definitely means we will be having a quidditch tournament. We'll certainly win this year." Ron replied enthusiastically.

Since Voldemort's return the ministry had introduced many new safety precautions like always carrying a wand with you. They had told them that students could perform magic as long as it wasn't in front of muggles or for silly things, but they were still keeping a watch on all students just incase. The ministry had also said that they did not want Hogwarts to have a quidditch tournament because students flying around on brooms made easy targets.

"Congratulations Harry," Hermione had exclaimed excitedly. "They most likely decided to let us play quidditch this year because Voldemort- Hermione had grown used to saying his name- or his Death eaters haven't made an appearance in months. Wonder why he has been keeping low. They will hopefully be lowering the level of caution in the school," she remarked.

They spent the rest of the day catching up on what they did during the holidays. At one point Harry remarked that the Dursleys were getting more annoyed and irritated that Harry continued coming home in one piece, especially since the most dangerous wizard wanted him dead.

During dinner that evening Mrs Weasley mentioned that they would be going to Diagon Alley the following day.

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The next morning passed in a whirl of chaos and confusion. It took ages to get everyone organised and ready. They had to return three times, twice because Ron forgot his school books list and his Head Boy badge which he insisted he needed and once because Ginny needed to go to the toilet. By the time they left the Burrow for the forth time, everyone was in a very bad mood, especially Mrs Weasley who Hermione expected to have smoke coming out of her ears.

When they arrived everyone split up into two groups. Mrs. Weasley and Ginny went to buy Ginny's new robes as her old ones were too small and a new wand. Harry, Ron and Hermione headed off together to buy their school books. After they bought everything they needed they decided to wander around because they didn't need to meet the others for at least another hour.

As they walked past Zonko's they noticed that the shop was looking somewhat shabbier than usual and didn't seem as full as it normally was. Walking down the street, about three shops further along, they saw the reason that Zonko's wasn't doing so well. Fred and George's joke shop, Weasley's wizarding Wheezes, was doing a roaring trade. The shop was cram packed with people all jostling at once to buy things. George was standing out the front yelling "Yes, yes, come on in! Big sale today! Everything half price!!!" Ron stared. "They're doing well, aren't they?" he said.

"Hi Ron!" the twins waved. "Sure you don't wanna come in?"

"Maybe later!" Ron grinned as they set off.

They spent the rest of their time wandering around, occasionally stopping in a shop to buy something. They then started to head towards the Leaky Cauldron where they had agreed to meet Mrs Weasley and Ginny. As they started to get closer, they noticed that Mrs Weasley had an odd looking box under one arm.

"Hey Mum, what's that?" asked Ron curiously

"I decided to get you a little something for becoming head boy. I'm so proud, dear." She handed over the package.

Ron curiously opened the box. "There's nothing in there!" he said confusedly.

"Look carefully, Ron." Mrs Weasley said.

Ron peered inside. The air seemed to be moving around in there. It took him a few moments to realize that it was actually a solid object. "What the heck is it?" he frowned in a puzzled manner.

"It's a chameleon, Ron!" exclaimed Mrs Weasley. "Do you like it?"

Ron stared at his mother. "A chameleon?"

"Yes, I heard you and Ginny fighting over Pig all the time, so I thought that getting you a new pet would be a perfect idea to get you two to quit fighting." Her smile faded slightly as she looked at Ron's expression. "Don't you like it?"

"Oh, yeah. it's really great!" Ron put on a smile, although he still felt a bit shocked by his present.

Mrs Weasley beamed down at him, pleased that he liked his present so well.

"So, Ron, what are you gonna call him?" Ginny asked.

"I dunno," said Ron.

Mrs Weasley said "All right you lot, lets get all this stuff home! Everyone take a bag, now!"